Cospeito

It is made up by the following villages:

• Arcillá (San Paio)
• Bestar (Santa María)
• Bexán ou Rubiños (San Paio)
• Cospeito (Santa María)
• Goá (San Xurxo)
• Lamas (San Martiño)
• Momán (San Pedro)
• Muimenta (Santa Mariña)
• Pino (San Martiño)
• Rioaveso (Santalla)
• Roás (San Miguel)
• Santa Cristina (San Xiao)
• Seixas (San Pedro)
• Sisoi (Santalla)
• Sistallo (San Xoán)
• Támoga (San Xiao)
• Vilapene (Santa María)
• Vilar (Santa María)
• Xermar (Santa María)
• Xustás (Santiago)

Population in 2007: 5,349 people according to the townhall register (5,609 in 2003).

Etymology

Still not clarified; according to Xosé L. G. Paz, it may derive from the proper name Conspecti (genitive of the name Conspectus).

History & Geography

It is located in the heart of Terra Chá. There are several small lakes in this area, the best known of which is the Lake of Cospeito. The surrounding wetland is populated by ducks, herons, lapwings and other species.

A pre-Roman hill fort which is known as O Torrillón can still be recognized in Támoga. A nearby castle was destroyed during the Irmandiño uprising.

The ruins of the Tower of Caldaloba (15^th Century), in the village of Pino, is one of its major monuments.

In this municipality, the German army was allowed to install during the Second World War three radionavigation antennas, 112 metres high with the aim of facilitating the positioning and follow-up of submarines (U-Boots) and aeroplanes in the Bay of Biscay.

People born in Cospeito

• Xesús Rábade Paredes, writer and poet (b. 1949)
• Darío Xohán Cabana, writer and poet (b. 1952)
• Fidel Fernán Bello, journalist (b. 1954)
• Miguel Anxo Fernán-Vello, writer and poet (b. 1958)
• Emma Couceiro, writer and poet (b. 1977)

External links

• Information about this municipality on the website of the Provincial Authority